"clearly refused" is correct and commonly used in written English.
One possible example sentence is: "Despite multiple requests, the stubborn child clearly refused to apologize for his misbehavior."
Rangers are often slow starters, especially at home, but their failure to assert themselves in the manner their fans expect prevailed for most of a first half in which they were closely matched in midfield by a Falkirk side who clearly refused to be fazed by falling behind.
– 31 July, in an interview with Fox News In his testimony to Congress and in a lengthy statement, FBI director James Comey very clearly refused to make any judgment of Clinton's various claims about her use of a private email server, saying: "That's a question I'm not qualified to answer".
When Yamaha clearly refused to give up on their newest talent, Rossi carried through his threat, signing a big money move in the middle of 2010 to ride for Ducati for the subsequent two years.
When the reports were confirmed, Graves' superior, Lord George Germain expressed surprise rather than offence, noting that "I am to suppose that Admiral Graves had good reason for the step he took", in spite of orders (not received by Graves until after Mowat had sailed for Falmouth) to not take such acts unless the town clearly refused to do business with the British.
The Front National executive meets next week, desperate to hand Marine Le Pen the procedural dagger with which to commit political patricide, but her target clearly refuses to die.
Consumer groups say many of these marketers do not spell out the details clearly, refuse to offer cash refunds to people who change their minds and often deliver products much later than promised — or in some cases, not at all.
Some harassees are perfect victims — they cleanly and clearly refuse all propositions and call out all inappropriate comments, do not suffer any setbacks at work that might be construed as their own fault rather than retribution, and then file an amply documented complaint with the correct authority in a non-vindictive spirit.
We were secret best friends, but she clearly refuses to acknowledge our relationship.
As long as a majority in Parliament - I say Parliament because I have the feeling there is some improvement in the Commission - clearly refuses to acknowledge this reality that we are an 'association of states', to my mind debates like this one have little point.
Mr. Andreotti, though clearly anguished, refused, having resolved not to negotiate with terrorists.
